Is Facebook dying?
May 7, 2008
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Jesse Farmer posts what could turn out to be an observation of a tipping point - and decline - for Facebook may be on the cards.
In The State of the Facebook Platform Jesse charts the growth of Facebook […]
10 reasons why Yahoo search sucks
April 28, 2008
Because Google is synonymous with “search” and effectively monopolises the global online search market, many of us look to rivals to at least try and even out the playing field.
The big problem is that these “rivals” often sabotage their own competitiveness by failing to focus on the user experience - despite the fact that this […]
Why spam pays
April 25, 2008
Spam pays. Pure and simple.
It’s an annoying fact of life, but when business follows evolutionary principles where the winners are those who can out-compete rivals, it’s an approach that some business models can thrive on.
Spam
What do I mean by spam?
For many people, when talking about Google, spam is nothing more than SPAM = […]
Libel your competitors with Google Adwords
April 18, 2008
It’s easy to libel third-parties - and competitors - with Google Adwords.
The ads go through without review, and Google appears oblivious to its obligations under legislation regarding defamation in the UK.
I know this for a fact because some unhappy bunny attempted the same on my company name over the past 2 months.
The only way to […]
Google.com still blocked from the UK
April 2, 2008
Google.com still remains inaccessible to ordinary UK internet users, making it almost a week since the issue was first spotted.
UK internet users are still unable to access Google.com, because of the way the internet giant geotargets and redirects users.
Google already applies geotargeting to automatically force direct requests for Google.com from UK IP’s to Google.co.uk.
While there […]
BBC redesigns: world news now a bland blog
March 31, 2008
The BBC continues to redesign and develop it’s website, with the BBC News section of the site now being rolled out to a new design.
Curiously, it makes BBC News look less like a world beating news source, as much as a common news blog.
While the previous design was rich in graphics and multimedia displays (top […]
Google in black for green cause
March 29, 2008
Google has changed the look of Google.co.uk from white to black, in order to support Earth Hour - when lights in participating cities are switched off for an hour. However, in doing so, Google’s link to Google.com is now a broken redirect.
Don’t panic if you load up Google.co.uk today and see everything has gone black […]
Mozilla releases Firefox version 2.0.0.10
November 27, 2007
Mozilla has released version 2.0.0.10 of its Firefox browser. The new version features bug and security fixes, including a memory error patch.
The latest version is also better at handling digitally signed pages and includes a workaround to prevent hackers attempting to fake HTTP Referer headers.
Earlier versions of the browser allowed a fake HTTP Referer […]
Rumours of Google ‘Gdrive’ launch
November 27, 2007
A report in the Wall Street Journal claims that Google’s online storage service, dubbed ‘Gdrive’, should be available in a few months time. The report cites unnamed sources.
The service stores a user’s data on Google servers, the user can then access the data via the internet from any computer. Some free storage […]
Operax promotes tools to prevent web slowdown
November 26, 2007
In response to a recent report predicting that the Internet will soon start to slow significantly, broadband resource provider, Operax, has suggested that investment in new networks is not the only solution.
The report, which was produced by Nermetes Research suggested that the internet would be unable to cope with the scale of […]
ICO site offers web-advice for young surfers
November 23, 2007
The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched a new website to help young people manage their online information and raise awareness of potential risks.
A recent survey of 2,000 young people, by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found that over half of them revealed personal details on Internet sites. The survey covered people aged between 14 […]
Weather widgets available from Met Office
November 22, 2007
The UK’s Met Office has launched free-to download web widgets providing weather information directly from the desktop.
The weather gadgets can be customised to provide local weather information, severe weather warnings, marine warnings and radar images, which update automatically while a user is working on other tasks.
Clicking on the information takes the user to […]
Data to clog Internet by 2010
November 21, 2007
Analyst firm Nemertes Research Group predicts a substantial slowing of the Internet by 2010, as it become unable to cope with the scale of data being exchanged.
A year long study by the company into data flows and Internet infrastructure, concluded that severe bottlenecks could occur in just three to five years.
While core fibre and […]
IBM to announce ‘cloud computing’ strategy
November 15, 2007
IBM is set to announce a new strategy to exploit the concept of ‘cloud computing’ - the use of Web-based applications and information stored in the ‘cloud’ of the Internet.
IBM hopes to develop this concept for mainstream corporate customers, through large data centres equipped with IBM technology, which can be searched and programmed from […]
SME’s spend £3bn on sites search engines can’t find
November 9, 2007
New research by Microsoft’s adCenter unit finds that although UK SME’s are investing in websites, they are failing to help customers find them online.
The study found that small and medium sized businesses in the UK spend around £3bn on websites that cannot be found by search engines.
There are around 2.79 million websites belonging […]
Current IP addresses could run out in 2010
November 6, 2007
American computer scientist, Vint Cerf, who helped create the Internet, has expressed concern that devices will be unable to go online unless the next generation of IP addresses is released.
In order to connect to the Internet, a device is allocated a unique IP address, but these will run out by around 2010. The current […]
MySpace plans AdSense rival
November 5, 2007
MySpace, the social networking site owned by News Corporation, is strengthening its advertising offering, including a service to rival Google’s AdSense.
The company is also opening up a targeting trial, which has been running since July, to new brands in the US.
The trial targets advertising according to information on MySpace users’ profiles.
MySpace members are […]
IOD find most small businesses not online
November 2, 2007
New research from the Institute of Directors shows that up to two thirds of businesses in the UK, with less than 10 employees, are still not connected to the Internet.
The IOD warns that this could put them at risk of losing business or failing to keep up with their peers in continental Europe.
In […]
Government dismisses cyber crime recommendations
November 1, 2007
Lord Erroll, a member of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, has expressed disappointment at the Government’s response to the committee’s report into personal internet security.
According to Lord Erroll, the Government has failed to react appropriately to the report and has dismissed every recommendation out of hand.
The forward-looking report addressed emerging […]
Privacy groups call for ‘do not track’ agreement
November 1, 2007
US privacy and consumer groups are calling on the Federal Trade Commission, to let Internet users opt out of having their online activity data tracked, stored and used by advertisers.
The groups want the commission to create a “do not track” list, which would function like the commission’s “do not call” registry. This prevents companies […]
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